I reported my neighbor

[Thatsmycupoftea]

Hi

Just after some reassure I suppose or to be told I'm unreasonable if I am.

I have posted about next doors dogs before as they are aggressive to my lovely soft dog and its making her scared in her own garden.

Anyway I accepted they were dog reactive and called my dog in when they were out and barking at the fence. I thought what can the owner do. Not much I suppose.

Recently its got much worse. Think it's because they are out all day now with the better weather. My dog is sleeping on the grass minding her own business and they will come out and go crazy, running at the double fence, growling, barking, lunging.

They are like that if I'm just out and are worse with my young children.

I was out alone today gardening when they just wouldn't stop trying to get through the fence in an aggressive manner. I was so scared I went inside.

My dc were out playing and he let them out and again they were trying hard to jump the fence and literally running into it trying to break through. I was so scared for my dc and my toddler was frozen crying. This has happened all day lots of times. And other times since we moved here.

I'm not sure they could get through the fence but they are giving it a good go and I'm petrified that if they do they will kill my children.

They snarl, bark, lunge, growl. My dc are not even being noisy or near the fence they are literally just playing quietly.

We now can't use our garden.

They don't get walked and bark continually when he's at work. But that's a separate issue.

I feel awful and I'm not sure what will happen or what the owner can actually do.

Dh is not sure if I should have reported them but I said what if they do get in and hurt our dog or children. They are doing there best to get through.

I don't understand why they are so aggressive to us when we are literally just using our garden not bothering them.

Did I do the right thing. What will happen does anyone know.

Thanks

We have a similar situation (although not so severe/frequent as yours) with our NDN's dog. She attacks the fence every time she hears my dogs in the garden, we've replaced the same fence panel twice so far because she's damaged them and we're scared she'll get through. She also climbs to try to get over the (6 foot) fence and NDN refuses to move the piles of stuff she climbs on so we've had to extend the height of one panel to stop her getting over and the pile is obviously spreading as she's peeking over the next panel now too,

We've finally figured out that it's pointless trying to reason with NDN or find someone to report it to who will actually do something to help so now it's all about making it safe from our side. Everything that needs to be stored in the garden (including two of those plastic sheds) is now against that fence so it blocks our dogs from having a go back and also gives the fence some support. We still have to check the fence regularly for damage and fully expect to have to replace it again at some point but at least it gives some protection.

We wasted ages thinking 'why should we' and trying to get NDN to give a shiny shit but it's a lot less stressful now we've focused on the things we can change and improve about the situation instead of the stuff we have no control over. So that's my advice, think about what would improve the situation from your side and make you feel safe out there so you can have at least some use of your garden. I've managed to train my dogs not to react now and we invested in a Bluetooth speaker for out there so we just turn the music up (as does every other house in our row so no, we're not 'that' neighbour ) and drown the noise out that way! I won't say it never bothers me these days but it's a lot less stressful than it was and I don't have to psyche myself up to go out there now, or sit down for ten minutes when I come in from taking the dogs for a wee til I've stopped shaking, which was a ridiculous way to be living.

@wierdfan sorry you are going through this too. I think your right about seeing what we can fix. I getbwhat you mean by the shaking etc.

I love dogs. I love all animals and I'm not normally afraid of them but I can't describe how huge and aggressive these are.

Its not just about them barking in their own garden. They are at the fence trying to barge it down to attack my dog and my small children. It's actually illegal I'm told as they are classed as dangerous dogs. I'm not being dramatic when I say I believe they will hurt or even kill my children if they get through. Imagine living in that fear in your own safe space. Awful.

They were at me and dh today when we walked outside to look at the fence. This is before we even got to the fence.

Its not just barking its the snarling,bearing teeth, barging the fence etc its scary.

This sounds awful OP. Hope you can reinforce your fence soon and the dog warden helps. Log everything, record if you can.